Higher Education Smart Card Association hosts 4th successful conference & exhibition

HAVERHILL, U.K. - April 5, 2013 - PRLog -- The opportunities and challenges associated with the adoption of smart technology in higher education formed the main theme for this year's event which brought together education professionals and suppliers from across the country.

Held in Missenden Abbey on the 5th & 6th March, the conference featured speakers from Salford University, Buckinghamshire New University, Blackwell’s, Queen’s University Belfast and Tecnológico de Monterrey University, among others.

Exhibitors included MULTOS, Salto Systems, Nedap, Dot Origin, Biostore, Burall InfoSmart, MCR Systems, Uniware, TDS, EMOS Information Systems, Counter Solutions, G4S, CELCAT, Card Commerce, IDXtra, LEGIC Identsystems, Magna Carta Chipcard Solutions, Payne Security, Salto Systems, Live Register, sQuidcard and TDS.

Over 80 delegates were in attendance over the course of the two-day event, the latest in a successful series of annual events run by the Higher Education Smart Card Association (HESCA).

Richard Poynder, Chairman, commented “I was delighted with the support we received for this event, both from exhibitors and from HEI delegates.  Smart campus card schemes are now being widely used to provide automated and user-friendly support for critical functions such as attendance recording/monitoring and cashless campus.  

Our delegates heard from experienced practitioners across the spectrum of applications, and gained a huge amount of useful and practical tips and recommendations in this complex and fast-moving area, where mobiles will soon supersede cards as the form factor of choice, associated in all probability with biometric authentication.”

The next quarterly HESCA meeting will take place on 4th June at Le Meridien Hotel, Piccadilly, London.  Full information including an agenda can be found at www.hesca.com.

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About HESCA

26 leading universities are members of HESCA.  Its main objectives are to bring these together with leading suppliers and consultants for quarterly full-day meetings in London, in order to learn of new products, services and methodologies - supported by frequent case studies - covering the many functions on and off campus that can usefully be supported by single, multi-functional smart cards.

Recent HESCA meetings have attracted record attendances, and have learned of the latest developments and use-cases for attendance recording and monitoring, cashless campuses (using both closed-loop e-payment products and contactless-enabled EMV cards) and physical/system access control.

Further information can be found at www.hesca.com  

About Smartex

For over 20 years, Smartex has been successfully building the world's largest network of professional associations for smart card technology and all of its associated and successor forms, including RFID tags, biometrics and mobile NFC.

Members in three continents meet regularly to learn of new technologies, products and schemes, and to network in a non-sales environment.

Members are given instant access to information, expertise and business opportunities in this fast-moving and rapidly expanding space.

Further information can be found at www.smartex.com